Los Angeles Times
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — A reported possible case of hantavirus in an inmate at the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in California was determined to be a false positive after further laboratory testing, officials said Friday.
Authorities investigating a potential case of the rare-but-deadly disease initially sent a sample from an inmate to a commercial lab for antibody testing, and the result was positive, according to a statement from the California Department of Public Health, which coordinated the investigation along with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Marin County Public Health…